The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-09-22
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
items Of interest From Both Sides
Of the Divide.

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Of the Divide.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
The postofice at Central Park, Gala
tin county, has been discontinued.
The residence of Thos. Creighton in
Walkerville, was burned last night.
Donald Grant, the Manitoba contractor,
says the track will be at Benton on the
LIST of October.
Birdie johnson committed suicide in
house of i'll fame last Sunday in Butte by
taking morphine.
Biddle Reeves, an old-timer, resident
of Prickly Pear, Mont, was drowned at
Spokane Falls last Friday.
Independent: The police magistrate
Yesterday had before him fourteen men
who live upon the disgrace of women.
Their mistresses paid the usual fines for
them.
Livingston Enterprise: About fifty
hotel employees in the Park were discharg-
ed this week by the Park association, the
reason being that travel is not sufficient
to keep them employed.
J.W. Story, general merchant, of Okla,
Meagher county. and widely known
throughout eastern Montana for his ener-
getic and honorable character, died sud-
denly at that place on Monday evening
Cause unknown.
Late last Monday night as John Con-
nell and his wife were returning from the
depot at Helena to their home in the up
per end of the town they we're set upon
by two men and the husband was badly
cut with razor.
The board of trustees of the River
Press Publishing Company met on the
evening of September II and declared a
dividend of 20 per cent on the capital
stock of $4,000. This is tho second div
idend within twelve months.
Independent, 18th: A meeting Of the
trustees of the city library was held at
the library rooms last evening, at which
it was decided that $500 worth of new
books should be purchased and added tc
the library, as soon as proper list could
be selected.
Last Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Col J. C. G. Thornton, one of the best
known and most highly respected men in
Montana, died at his residence on east
Granite street, Butte. He had been con
fined to his bed only two days, and was
suffering from complicated internal dis
order.
Madisonian: Some fine samples ol
apples raised in Madison county were
brought in by Sheriff Caruthers from Joe
Pennington's ranch, on the Big Hole
and are fully equal those that are import
ed from Salt Lake or the states. Joe hat
been so successful with his experiments
hot h1 sot1~ln 70 lrovoh ont fhI
apple-culture business next year.
Last Saturday some of the lovers O
baseball in Helena decided to incorpor
ate for the purpose of managing ant
maintaining baseball club and for tn
encouragement of athletic sports gener
ally. Articles of incorporation were draw
up for the Helena Base Ball Association
the capital stock of which is fixed at 4O|
shares of par value of SIS each.
Sheriff Hathaway reached Helena las
Saturday morning with the half breee
Cree, Geo. Godas, who is accused of th'
murder of Embody on the Dearborn. Th'
prisoner denies his guilt and is as sulle1
and norose as men of his class usually ar,
in similar circumstances. In denying hi
guilt Godas coolly announced that h
never killed man this side of the line.
September 9th an army party, whil'
guarding the Florence mine near Naide1
were fred upon from within. and Dennis
O'Brien was killed. The fatal shot wa
fred by James Burgers, formerly of Ben
ton. Considerable excitement prevailed
! and troops were sent from Maginnis
The mine has been seized by the militar!
and all unauthorized persons ordered of
the reservation.
Last Friday afternoon, at the St. Louil
mine, Marysville, there was an acciden
which resulted in the serious injury o
one man and slight hurts to two Others
Peter Fleming and two partners were a
work, and in some way, as yet un
known, a premature blast occurred ant
Fleming got the worst of it, being no
only burned but badly bruised. with in
dications of having received internal in
juries. The other two men escaped Will
slight bruises. That all three were nc
killed seems = remarkable accident